Intro
C F G G C F
[Verse 1]
G F#mi
As a little boy, seemed so clear to me
C Bmi
that my days would last forever.
C F
G F#mi
How it came to be was hidden from me
C Bmi
though it couldn’t get much better.
C F G G
That went by faster than a picket fence.
G F#mi
Then appeared to me the cutest woman I’d seen
C Bmi
and I just had to love her.
C F
G F#mi
She would marry me, and fulfill our destiny.
C Bmi
Things just couldn’t get much better.
C F G G
That went by faster than a picket fence.
[Chorus]
C D G C
Sometimes you see the end, but you’re not afraid at all.
C D Esus E Dsus D
Sometimes you just feel right now’s forever.
[Verse 2]
G F#mi C Bmi
Not so long ago, I gave up on anything to save me.
C F
G F#mi
As my words go by, do you say to yourself,
C Bmi
that you’ll never quite believe me
C F G D
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
[SOLO OVER VERSE]
G F#mi C Bmi
C F
G F#mi C Bmi
C F G G
[Chorus]
C D G C
Sometimes you see the end, but you’re not afraid at all.
C D Esus E Dsus D
Sometimes you just feel right now’s forever.
[Verse 3]
G F#mi C Bmi
Not so long ago, I gave up on anything to save me.
C F
G F#mi
As my words go by, do you say to yourself,
C Bmi
that you’ll never quite believe me
C F G G
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
C F G G
That went by faster than a picket fence,
C F G G
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
C F G G
That went by faster than a picket fence,
C F G G
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
C F G G
That went by faster than a picket fence.
C F
Life goes by faster than a picket fence.